Twenty-five ongoing projects related to special education got cancellation notices on Friday night from the U.S. Department of Education, imminently jeopardizing more than $30 million worth of ...

IT teacher and her students using laptop during computer class in high school. The Rising Cost of Special Education: Maintaining FAPE Amid Budget Cuts and Teacher Shortages. Special education services ...

Editor's note: NPR uses only the first names of minors in this story because it discusses their learning disabilities and placement in special education. BAY POINT, Calif. — The sun would just be ...

For the last 30 years, nearly every state has struggled to find and keep educators qualified to support students with disabilities. The intensity and variety of student needs makes special education a ...

When more than 90% of San Diego Unified School District teachers voted to authorize a strike, it wasn’t just about pay increases or health care benefits — it was about special education caseloads that ...

Teachers of color positively impact all students, including students of color with disabilities. Yet, the special education teacher workforce is overwhelmingly white. In our recent research, we found ...

Jonelle Madera has experienced a lot of change in the last school year. The elementary school teacher and mother of four left her home country of the Philippines for the first time, moved to the U.S.